Winter's jeweled forest is brought out in Joshua's poems and short story. Several favorite characters from his novels, "Hawk Dancer" and "Cloudburst" are included in these modern fiction works. Most of the setting is in the Northern Great Lakes small towns and woodlands. "Fritha" is a poem dedicated to and about my sister. "Wabanong Run" honors the Ojibwe run from Wisconsin's Lake Superior shore line to Washington DC in 1998, obtaining a favorable Supreme Court decission honoring treaties. The Jason Stories are aboiut a Baby Boomer teen in the 60's. "Like a Dog" is workplace office humor. Many more poems and stories.